When the water temperature begins to change, mobula rays (Mobula munkiana) begin to gather by the tens of thousands along the coast of Baja California, Mexico, treating divers to some of the most breathtaking marine acrobatic displays and underwater adventures that nature has to offer.
These rays reach a maximum width of 1 meter, making them the smallest rays in the Mobula genus.
The largest gatherings of mobula rays occur during the boreal spring, when currents shift and bring large amounts of plankton and nutrients from the depths to the surface. During this time, the schools can number in the tens of thousands and stretch for more than a kilometer.
It is believed that these rays travel to Bahu to find mates and reproduce, and that the abundance of plankton—the mobula’s favorite food—is what attracts them to this particular part of the ocean.